“The artist must bow to the monster of his own imagination.” —Richard Wright, Native Son
“Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill your darlings.” —Ste ...
“A page of Addison or of Irving will teach more of style than a whole manual of rules, whilst a story of Poe’s will impress upon the mind a more [ ...
Trying to achieve a realistic effect in your fiction? Take the advice of “Dickens of Detroit” author Elmore Leonard, whose short stories a ...
Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it’s the only way you can do anything really good.” —William Faulkner Photo by Carl Van Vechten
Take it from one of the most imaginative writers of all time — sometimes escape from reality is just the thing to provide the right momentum into your fictional world. […]
Don’t try to anticipate an ideal reader — or any reader. He/she might exist — but is reading someone else.” —Joyce Carol Oates Photo Credit
The author of The Orchid Thief reminds us that sometimes it’s good to get back to basics. You have to simply love writing, and you have to remind yourself often […]
Irony aside, it might be worth taking the advice of Warp and The Magicians author, Lev Grossman. Don’t take anyone’s writing advice too seriously.” – Lev Grossman Photo Credit
No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.” —Robert Frost Photo Credit
